When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket

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Source: www.arstechnica.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:51:38 GMT

Even moderately sized data centers can have an outsized local impact.